Laser Eye Surgery Blog

In our strive to provide only the safest and most effective Laser Eye Surgery, we’ve naturally discovered many new ways to improve on the industry’s standard of care and treatment. This has lead to us finding the need for more complex protocols, more precise measurements, and more powerful lasers. However, as leaders in our field, it hasn’t been easy to find the right technology to support our new advances. But this hasn’t stopped us; our motto has been if you can’t find what you need,…

Designing the best lasers in the industry

It’s amazing to think that Laser Eye Surgery, today the most commonly performed surgery in the world, evolved from a discovery made as long ago as 1948. The man at the root of it all: Jose Barraquer, a Barcelona-born ophthalmologist who was first to discover that refractive error could be corrected by sculpting corneal stromal tissue. This was a significant breakthrough. Before this time it was believed that external vision correction equipment such as pince-nez, the incredibly sophisticated pair of eyeglasses with a nose clip…

New technology makes the process quicker and more effective

The procedure itself is pain-free. With LASIK, you may experience a pressure sensation when the surgeon creates the corneal flap, and some discomfort or irritation for up to 24 hours after surgery. With PRK, you may experience irritation for one week or more after surgery. Because discomfort can occur in some patients during the healing phase, we provide pain relief medication in eye drop form to help eliminate this. Click here to watch Professor Dan Reinstein explain this FAQ. The operation takes…